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No. 633,8!7. M sent. 26, I899.

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CHILDS CARBiAGE.

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WILLIAM DIEMER, on TOLEDO, OHIO, COMPANY, or

PATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNOR TO H eEnDRoN'wi-inm. SAME PLACE.

QHFLQS QARRIA E- .SPEGIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent no. 633,817, dated September '26, 1899.

Application and October 31, 1398.

To all whom it Hung concern:

Be it known that LWILLIAMDIEMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo,

in the county of'Lucas and State of Ohio, have 5 invented certain new and useful Improvements in Childrens Carriages, ofwhich the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings. The invention relates to that class of chil-" l drens carriages known to the trade as gocarts, in which the body thereof constitutes a chair provided with a footboard on which the feet of the occupant normally rest and having attached thereto at the rear the usual push- I handles.

The object of my invention is to so form a vehicle of the type referred to that the position of the child therein may be changed from an upright one to a recumbent position without the necessity of moving or lifting the child.

With this object in view myinvention consists in an improved childs carriage and in the peculiar arrangement and combination of the various parts thereof.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved childs carriage, showing it as arranged for the recumbent position of the child. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical longitu o dinal section of the chair-seat with the sliding foot-supporting shelf concealed beneath the seat. Fig. 3 is a. cross-section on line acdgFig. 2. Fig. 4-. is a horizontal section and plan on line 3 Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detached perspective 5 view of a folding brace.

; The, chair-body consists of the seat-frame A, the sides B, the back 0, and the rearwardlyprojecting push-handles D, all arranged in known manner except as more fully herein- 0 after described. This chair-body is rigidly supported in front upon an axle E by'means of bracketarms G,.and in rear it is supported upon the axle II by means of the-belt cal springs J, and front and rear wheels are 5 journaled upon these axles to support them on the ground. In front below the seatbody a footboard K is vertically 'adjustably secured upon the bracket-supports G; and a. strap L is provided which may be fastened across the front of the seat, all so arranged that a child may be secured in the chair-body Serial No. 695,Q73. (No model.)

in asitting position with the feet restiu g upon h oa My invention consists in providing the chair-body with means for readily converting it into an easy and comfortable couch without the necessity of lifting or moving the child, and this I accomplish in the following manner:

Below the seat-frame A of the body I provide a supporting frame or shelf M, slidingly held in longitudinal guides N, which are secured on the under side of the seat-frame. This frame at its front is provided with an end board 0, extending the width of the seatframe and adapted toforni a skirting in front thereof when the frame M is normally concealed below the seat-frame, as shown in Fig. 2, at the same time forming a convenient handhold for manipulating the frame M.

In the longitudinal center on the under side of the seat-frame is secured a spring-wire I, which has crimps Q formedin it, operating in connection with suitable cross-bars R R to lock the sliding frame in either of its extreme positions.

' In connection with the foot-supporting shelf I provide the body with a reclinin gback. To this end I form the back G with a separate or independent frame entirely disconnected from the sides of the body, and this frame I hinge at the lower end to the rear end of the seat-frame and connect it at the sides by triangular web S between the posts T of the side frames and the posts T of theback, all so arranged as to permit the back to be moved on its hinges from the position shown in dotted lines to the position shownin full lines in Fig. 1. g

To hold the back 0 in either of its adjusted positions, folding braces U may be used,.Fig.. 5, showing a well-known construction, in which the ends a b are pivotally secured to p the post T and post T, respectively, and which interlock when folded by means of a springcatch 0. In practicethe chair-body is readily converted by these means from its ordinary adjustment as a seat into the form of a convenient couch, and the desirability of a go-cart is thereby greatly increased.

What I claim as my invention is '1. In a childs carriage, the combination'of a wheeled supporting-frame provided with rearWardly-projecting push-handles, a childs chair mounted thereon and fixedly secured thereto, comprising a seat-frame and a back and sides therefor, and a rigid extensible fo0tsupporting shelf slidingly engaging the frame beneath the seat for endwise movement in a plane parallel to the plane of said seat, and supported by the frame in its extended positions.

2. In a childs carriage, the combination of a Wheeled supporting-frame provided with. rearwardly-projecting push-handles, a childs chair mounted thereon and fixedly secured thereto, comprising a seat-frame and a back and sides therefor, a rigid extensible foot-supporting shelf slidingly engaging the frame beneath the seat for endwise movement in a planeparallel to the plane of said seat, and supported by the frame in its extended positions, and means for locking said shelf to the frame after the required extension has been made.

In a childs carriage, the combination of a wheeled chair-body comprising a seat-frame, sides, a back, and push-handles secured to the seat-frame and extendingrearwardly of the back, a seat-frame extension slidingly secured in longitudinal'guides beneath th seat-frame and the end board 0 on the front end of said extension seat-frame.

e. In a childs carriage, the combination of the chair-body comprising the seat-frame A, the sides B, the back 0, the extension seatframe slidingly secured in longitudinal guides beneath the seat-frame and provided with the end board, 0, and the locking-spring P for holding said extension-frame in its adjusted positions.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM DIEMER.

WVitnesses:v

J. F. VOGEL, CHRIST I. STAIGER, Jr. 

